post-college
adjective[before noun]
mainlyUS(alsopostcollege)uk/ˌpəʊstˈkɒl.ɪdʒ/us/ˌpoʊstˈkɑː.lɪdʒ/relatingto thetimeafter someone hasfinishedacollegecourse:
Her first post-collegejobwas in apubliclibrary.
Students' postcollegegoalsrangefromacademiaandlawto themusicbusiness.
used fordescribingpeoplewho havefinishedstudyingatcollege:
All of thevolunteerswere post-collegeadultnativespeakersof AmericanEnglish.
Synonym
post-collegiate
Opposite
pre-college
- Iworkedas anassistantduring most of my post-collegeyears.
- During therecessionmanygraduatesspenttheirpost-collegeyearsin low-paidjobs.
- She had justmovedinto her first post-collegeapartment.
University & college education
- academe
- academia
- anti-university
- beadle
- business school
- go up
- grad
- graduate
- hall
- honour
- Oxbridge
- Oxon
- pass degree
- poly
- polytechnic
- the groves of academeidiom
- trimester
- varsity
- vice chancellor
- warden